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Peer reviewedAlonso, William – Journal of the American Institute of Planners, 1971
The traditional interdisciplinary team approach to planning problems is critically analyzed. A new approach, involving existing specialists in both the hard" and soft" socioeconomic aspects of urban and regional development, is suggested for dealing with most planning situations. (Author)
Descriptors: Interdisciplinary Approach, Regional Planning, Social Sciences, Urban Planning
Peer reviewedAlonso, William – Public Interest, 1986
Describes the evolving emphasis of schools of urban planning from concentration on scientific management, beautifying cities, and educating the public in the 1920s to solving the social problems in the 1960s. Calls for a collaboration of business and other professional schools to redefine the function and purpose of urban planning schools to…
Descriptors: Curriculum, Higher Education, Professional Education, United States History
